Proverbs 27:22
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Thoughאִ֥ם
(im)
518: ifa prim. conjunction
you poundתִּכְתֹּֽושׁ־
(tich·to·vsh-)
3806: to pound, pound fine, braya prim. root
a foolהָאֱוִ֨יל
(ha·'e·vil)
191: foolishfrom an unused word
in a mortarבַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ
(bam·mach·tesh)
4388: mortarfrom kathash
with a pestleבַּֽעֱלִ֑י
(ba·'e·li;)
5940: a pestlefrom alah
alongבְּתֹ֣וךְ
(be·to·vch)
8432: midstof uncertain derivation
with crushed grain,הָ֭רִיפֹות
(ha·ri·fo·vt)
7383: perhaps grainof uncertain derivation
[Yet] his foolishnessאִוַּלְתֹּֽו׃
(iv·val·tov.)
200: follyfrom the same as evil
will not departתָס֥וּר
(ta·sur)
5493: to turn asidea prim. root
from him. 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
Though thou shouldest bray
kathash  (kaw-thash')
to butt or pound -- bray.
a fool
'eviyl  (ev-eel')
(figuratively) silly -- fool(-ish) (man).
in a mortar
maktesh  (mak-taysh')
a mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth) -- hollow place, mortar.
among
tavek  (taw'-vek)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre -- among(-st), between, half, (there-,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), out (of), through, with(-in).
wheat
riyphah  (ree-faw')
(only plural), grits (as pounded) -- ground corn, wheat.
with a pestle
`eliy  (el-ee')
a pestle (as lifted) -- pestle.
yet will not his foolishness
'ivveleth  (iv-veh'-leth)
silliness -- folly, foolishly(-ness).
depart
cuwr  (soor)
to turn off (literal or figurative)
from him
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

King James Bible
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, you will not separate his foolishness from him.

International Standard Version
Though you crush a fool in a mortar and pestle as someone might crush grain, his stupidity still won't leave him.

NET Bible
If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
If you strike a fool in the assembly, you do not help him, neither do you remove his foolishness.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If you crush a stubborn fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, [even then] his stupidity will not leave him.

King James 2000 Bible
Though you should crush a fool in a mortar among grain with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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